If this template was added because you clicked "Nominate for deletion" in the left menu, please make sure that all necessary pages have been created. If they haven't been created after a few minutes, or if you added this template manually, you should complete these steps:

For mass deletions: If you want to nominate several related images, please make a mass request by manually adding {{delete|reason=write reason|subpage=write name|year=2015|month=March|day=31}} to each image page and then following the steps hereinbefore. (Help on mass requests.)

Note: This template is for requests that may require discussion in order to be deleted. For speedy deletions, you can use {{speedy|reason}}.

use the following code on the image or page you think should be deleted:

{{Delete
|reason=
|subpage=
|day=
|month=
|year=
}}

reason — the explanation for why the page referencing this template needs to be deleted.

subpage — the subpage of Commons:Deletion requests on which the image nominated for deletion is listed (see below for explanation)

day, month, and year — the current day of the month, month as a word in English, and four-digit year, such as 1, January, and 2000, or for today:

{{Delete
|reason=
|subpage=
|day=31
|month=March
|year=2015
}}

The reason is mandatory. You only need to fill out the "subpage" parameter if you create the deletion request at a different subpage of Commons:Deletion requests than the image name. For example, if you nominate Image:Foo.jpg for deletion, and you create the subpage Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Foo.jpg, then you don't need to fill out the parameter. But if you nominate that image as part of a mass nomination, you will have to fill it out. For example you nominate all the images uploaded by a particular user for deletion. Then instead of creating 50 different subpage, you create just one, Commons:Deletion requests/Images uploaded by User XYZ, and then on all of the relevant images, you put this template with the parameter subpage=Images uploaded by User XYZ.